guilder

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gulden (“golden”).

noun

  1. The former currency unit in the Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.
    [N]one ſhall be choſen to be a Commiſſioner in the Court at Amſterdam, vnleſſe he put ſix thouſand gilders ſtocke of his owne in the ſaid Companie; … 1621, Orders and Articles Granted by the High and Mightie Lords the States General of the Vnited Provinces, Concerning the Erecting of a VVest Indian Companie: Together with the Priuiledges and Rights Giuen vnto the Same, [London: s.n.], →OCLC, clause 13
    On the Spuy is a good Dutch Inn, called the Hoff van Utrecht. The Price is a Gilder a Day, or a Shilling for the Dinner only. 1743, [Henry Lawson], “The Manner in which Strangers Live at the Hague”, in A Description of Holland: Or, The Present State of the United Provinces.[…], London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton,[…], →OCLC, page 208
  2. The former currency unit in Suriname, divided into 100 cents.
  3. The current currency unit in the islands in the former Netherlands Antilles, divided into 100 cents.

Etymology 2

noun

  1. Obsolete spelling of gilder (“one who gilds”)

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